Reversible brush



Patented'Feb. 19, 1935 Samuel W.' Hall, Chicago, Ill., assignor ofonethrd to The ,Wooster Brush Company,

Wooster, Ohio Application July 28, 1932, serial No. 625,460

2 claims. (o1. isf-176),A

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in brushes and moreparticularly to vwhat might beA termed a reversible'brush primarilyintended f or applying posters; paint, whitewash Vor the like, or for`use by paper Yhangers for applying paste, although it will beappreciated that such a brush may be used for various other purposes. v

The principal object oi" the present invention resides in the provisionof a brush having a head portion or member Vto which a handle may be"attached and a readily removable andreversible bristle carrying portionor member adapted to be connected to the head portion.

`Aiurther object consists in the provision of novel means whereby thebristle carrying portion or member may be connected to or removed fromthe head portion by a sliding movement of one relative to the other andmeans' for securingthe two portions or members against said slidingmovement and in operable relation.

With the above and other objects in View, which willappear as thedescription proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details ofcon-Y struction, and arrangement of parts, described in the followingspecication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while Ihave illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of theinvention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood thatv suchchanges maybe made as will fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:-V

Fig. l is a side elevation with parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 oi Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of thehead portion or member.

In the drawing A denotes generally the head portion or member and B thebristle carrying portion or member. The head portion is of relativelyelongated shape, as shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawing, and is provided with the diagonally extending opening 1 inwhich the end of the handle 2 is inserted. An elongated recess 3 isformed in the lower or bottom edge of the head portion A and extendingover this recess is a plate 4 secured to the head by means of the screws5 or other suitable fastening means. The plate is provided centrallywith the threaded opening 6 and on opposite sides of this opening arethe slots '7 terminating at the ends in enlarged openings designated 8.As shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the plate 4is of such a lengthand width asto entend beyond the ends and sideY edgesof the recess 3 and theinner'iace ofthe plate will be spaced from theinner surface of therecess for a purpose which will be later apparent.

The bristle carrying portion or member includes an velongated block 9aroundwhich" the bristles 10 are positioned and secured in place bymeans of the band or strip 11 attached to the block by means of thenails 12 or' other'suitable astenings. As shown more particularly inFigq2- of the drawing Athe block 9 is anged at litsnpper end'asy shownat 13 to engage the bottom surface of the head portion or member A andthe block 9 is of a length equal to the length of the head A with theflanges 13 extended to a width corresponding to the width of the'lowersurface of the head. Threaded through the block A9 are the bolts 14provided at .their upper ends with the heads 15 andsecured in properposition, by means of the nuts 16. As shown more particularly in Fig. 1`of the drawing the heads 15 of the bolts 14 are positioned above theupper surface of the block 9 a suihcient distance that the bolts 14extend through the slots 7 in the plate 4 with the lower faces of theheads engaging the upper surface of the plate. The block 9 is secured tothe head A, against sliding movement, by means of the'screw 17this screwextending through the block 9 and threaded into the opening 6 of theplatev 4.

In brushes of the character adapted for use in applying posters, paint,whitewash, paste or the like, where the handle is connected to the brushat an angle one edgey of the brush wears away much quicker than theopposite edge and thereby the life oi the brush is ordinary lessened. Toovercome this I have provided the brush having the reversible bristlecarrying portion or member and if the bristle carrying portion or memberis reversed at suitable intevals the bristles will wear evenly and thelife of the brush will be extended. Normally when ready for use thebristle carrying portion or member B is connected to the head portion ormember A, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. When itis desired to reverse the bristle carrying portion the screw 17 isturned to remove the end thereof from the threaded opening 6 in theplate 4 and when this has been done the block 9, with the bristles 10may be slid in either direction relative to the head A to position theheads 15 of the bolts 14 in alignment with the enlarged ends 8 of theslots 7. When in this position the heads 15 of `the bolts 14 may bewithdrawn through the enlarged portions 8 and the bristle carryingportion or member reversed as an entirety. When reversed the heads 15 ofthe bolts 14 will be reinserted through the enlarged portions 8 of theslots 'l and the bristle carrying portion B slid relative to the headportion A to position the heads 15 of the bolts 14 intermediate theenlargements 8 of the slots '7 with the heads overlying and engaging theupper surface of the plate 4, as shown more particularly in Fig. landthe heads positioned in the recess 3.

the members A and B are held againstvrelative sliding movement. It kwillthus be seen that I have provided novel means whereby (the bristlecarrying member of a brush may be readily connected to or disconnectedfrom the head portion to which the handle is connected and that suchbristle carrying portion or member may be easily reversed in order toprolong the life ofthe brush.

Having fullyrdescribed my inventionl what I claim as new and desire *tovsecure by Letters When thus positioned the screw 17 is rethreaded intothe opening 6 andv a headed member adapted to be passed through Y theenlarged end of the slot in the plate, into the recess in the bottomedge of the head portion and moved into the slot by sliding movement ofthe` bristle carrying portion relative to the head por-4 tion, and meansengageable through thebristle carrying portionand engageable with theplate carried by the head portion for preventing slid-` ing movement ofthe bristle carrying portion relav tive to the head portion. Y

2.. Abrush including a head portion having anrelongated recess formed inits bottom edge intermediatethe ends thereof and a plate counj tersunkin Vthe bottom edge and covering the recess, the plate'having aY slotterminating in an tion adapted to be readily attached to and detachablefrom and reversible relative to the head portion, said bristle lcarryingportion having a face portion engageable with the bottom edge of thehead portionand platecarried thereby, and

a headed member adapted to be passed through v 15 enlargement at oneend, a bristle carrying porn the enlarged end of the slot in the plate,into the recessin the bottom edgeof the head portion and moved into theslot by slidingmovement of the bristle carrying portion relative to thehead,l f

portion, y and means engageable jthrough the bristle carrying portionand engageable with the plate carried by the head portion rforpreventing f sliding movement of thebristle carrying Vportion `relativeto the headgportion.`

SAMUEL W. HALL.

